If you're struggling with what to get your mom for Mother's Day this year, a gift of stock is one item to consider.
What Happened: Mother's Day is being celebrated today, May 12. While many will get their mom flowers and a card, another option could be buying shares of some of the most valuable and most well-known companies.
Mother's Day was designated an official holiday by then President Woodrow Wilson in 1914 and is celebrated on the second Sunday of May. Last year, Mother's Day was celebrated on May 14, 2023. Here's a look at how an investment in three of the largest publicly traded companies at that time would be worth now.
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Investing $100 Each In Apple, Microsoft And Tesla: Investing $100 in each of the three popular stocks during Mother's Day 2023 could have bought the following share amounts:
Apple Inc (NASDAQ:AAPL): 0.5745 shares
Microsoft Corporation (NASDAQ:MSFT): 0.3219 shares
Tesla Inc (NASDAQ:TSLA): 0.5638 shares
The three investments would be worth the following values today based on the closing share prices from Friday, May 10, 2024. The totals do not include dividends.
Apple: $105.16
Microsoft: $133.50
Tesla: $94.98
The total investment in those three stocks on Mother's Day last year would be worth $333.64 today, representing a return of 11.2%. This marks an increase from the 7% gain on the same three stocks from Mother's Day 2022 to Mother's Day 2023. It trails the return of 17.8% on the same stocks from Mother's Day 2021 and Mother's Day 2022.
Of course, if your mother pays attention to the stock market or has caught wind of the gains in artificial intelligence stocks, she might be wondering why you didn't buy her NVIDIA Corporation (NASDAQ:NVDA) stock for Mother's Day last year.
A $100 investment in Nvidia stock last Mother's Day could have bought 0.3475 shares. That same investment would be worth $312.33 today and up 212.3%. The $100 investment would be worth nearly as much as $100 investing in Apple, Microsoft and Tesla over the same time period combined.
While flowers might not last forever, stock investments for your mom can often hold or gain value over time.
This article was previously published by Benzinga and has been updated.
如果你正在爲今年的母親節送什麼禮物而苦苦掙扎，那麼股票禮物是值得考慮的一件事。
發生了什麼：今天，即5月12日，正在慶祝母親節。雖然許多人會得到媽媽的鮮花和卡片，但另一種選擇可能是購買一些最有價值和最知名的公司的股票。
1914年，時任總統伍德羅·威爾遜將母親節定爲法定假日，並於5月的第二個星期日慶祝。去年，2023年5月14日慶祝了母親節。以下是對當時最大的三家上市公司的投資現在的價值。
相關鏈接：2024 年母親節：無論距離多遠，都要真誠地讓媽媽節變得特別
向蘋果、微軟和特斯拉各投資100美元：在2023年母親節期間向三隻熱門股票各投資100美元，本可以買入以下金額的股票：
蘋果公司（納斯達克股票代碼：AAPL）：0.5745股
微軟公司（納斯達克股票代碼：MSFT）：0.3219股
特斯拉公司（納斯達克股票代碼：TSLA）：0.5638 股
根據2024年5月10日星期五的收盤價，這三項投資今天的價值將如下所示。總額不包括股息。
蘋果：105.16 美元
微軟：133.50 美元
特斯拉：94.98 美元
去年母親節對這三隻股票的總投資今天將達到333.64美元，回報率爲11.2％。這標誌着從2022年母親節到2023年母親節同一三隻股票的7％的漲幅有所增加。它落後於2021年母親節和2022年母親節以來同類股票的17.8％的回報率。
當然，如果你的母親關注股市或者聽說過人工智能股票的上漲，她可能會想知道你爲什麼沒有在去年的母親節購買她的NVIDIA公司（納斯達克股票代碼：NVDA）的股票。
去年母親節對英偉達股票的100美元投資本可以購買0.3475股股票。今天同樣的投資價值爲312.33美元，上漲212.3％。這筆100美元的投資在同一時期內投資蘋果、微軟和特斯拉的總價值將高達100美元。
雖然鮮花可能不會永遠持續下去，但隨着時間的推移，你媽媽的股票投資通常會保持或增加價值。
本文先前由 Benzinga 發表，現已更新。
